Pope Francis received Joseph Stiglitz, the winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Economics, in an April 10 audience.
The Columbia University professor, who published four tweets on April 10, did not tweet about his meeting with the Pontiff. The Vatican, as is customary, did not publicize the topics of discussion.
From 2003 to 2023, Stiglitz was an honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. He delivered the delivered the keynote address at its 2020 conference, “New Forms of Solidarity Towards Fraternal Inclusion, Integration and Innovation.”
